Banks

The Standard Chartered supported issuance follows the Qatar National Bank’s $500m offering in November.

Mohamed Braham will assume the Hong Kong-based role in January, while retaining his position as deputy global head of fixed income and currencies.

Cross was most recently chief financial officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing.

Soonwook Kwon was most recently managing director and branch manager at UBS in Seoul.

The oversubscribed deal is the first Rmb onshore syndicated loan arranged by Deutsche Bank in China and the first facility of its kind for JC Leasing; the loan is connected to rule changes by NFRA in 2024.

Tonik is the first digital-only bank in the Philippines with a banking licence from the BSP. Ukraine's Diligent Capital Partners, which is leading the pre-Series C funding round, has backed founder Greg Krasnov before.

Nelson has been interim chair since October 1 after Mark Tucker left the global bank to rejoin AIA.

Nakayama returned to Citi in 2023 after a stint at Goldman Sachs; she will report directly to Taiji Nagasaka and Akira Kiyota.

The notes achieved the tightest pricing for five-year, Euro covered bonds from a non-EU issuer, for several years, and is the first such issuance from a Singapore bank since October 2021.